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Etymology: Haplochromis: Greek, Haploos = single + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Greenwood.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; Água doce bentopelágico. Tropical; 1°N - 3°S

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Africa: Lake Victoria.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.5 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 4983)

Inhabits exposed, shallow and sandy beaches (Ref. 4983). The stomach contents of the specimens which were examined indicate that H. theliodon is a bottom feeder. Its diet includes small fishes (cichlids), gastropods, lamellibranchs and insect larvae. Large quantities of bottom debris were also ingested (Ref. 558).

Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas

Mouthbrooding by females.

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van Oijen, M.J.P., J. Snoeks, P.H. Skelton, C. Maréchal and G.G. Teugels, 1991. Haplochromis. p. 100-184. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 4983)

Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

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Haplochromis theliodon Greenwood, 1960